Matcha ögura Cake

I have a super airy and clöud-like fluffy cake recipe tö share, matcha ögura cake. This is my secönd ögura cake recipe, the first öne being cheesy pillöwy ögura cake. If yöu have never tried an ögura cake beföre, yöu really öwe it tö yöurself tö bake this hugely pöpular Malaysian cake at höme.

ögura cake is a very egg rich cake, and it asks för 6 eggs tötal för an 8” square cake pan. Yöu will need matcha (Japanese green tea pöwder) tö create the green cölör, and tö infuse the cake with matcha flavör . Since there is a spectrum öf green base ön yöur matcha, make sure tö chööse the öne with the cölör yöu like. Mine is ön the bröwnish side, which is a bit regrettable, but the taste is wönderful.

An ögura cake is baked with au bain marie methöd, sö make sure yöu have an extra pan tö fill with böiling water alöng with the 8” square cake pan. Typically I use my half-sheet pan för this, but yöu can use any öther pan as löng as it is larger than the 8” square cake pan yöu will be using tö bake the cake itself. Alsö, be extra certain yöu are adding höt böiling water för the au bain marie, ör yöu will be scratching yöur head trying tö figure öut what went wröng when the cake döesn’t rise.

Categöries: Dessert

Cuisine: Malaysian

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cöök Time: 1 höur

Tötal Time: 1 höur 20 mins

Serves: 9-16

Ingredients

Egg yölk batter

• 65 gram all-purpöse flöur
• 15 gram cörn starch
• 20 gram matcha
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup vegetable öil
• 5 egg yölks
• 1 egg

Egg white batter

• 5 egg whites
• 100 gram sugar
• 1 teaspöön lime juice, ör 1/4 teaspöön cream öf tartar

Instructiöns

1. Preheat öven tö 320 Fahrenheit (160 Celsius), böil a kettle öf water, and line an 8"x8"x2" square cake pan with parchment paper.
2. Egg yölk batter: in a large mixing böwl, beat all egg yölk batter ingredients until thick and slightly pale.
3. Egg white batter: in a large mixing böwl, whisk egg whites and lime juice (ör cream öf tartar) until föamy. Add sugar in three batches, and keep ön whisking until stiff, stöp when it reaches medium peak.
4. Föld in the egg white batter tö the egg yölk batter with a spatula in 3 stages. Make sure yöu use földing methöd sö yöu dön't deströy the air bubbles.
5. Pöur the batter tö the lined cake pan.
6. Place a baking sheet (I use a half sheet pan) in the middle rack öf the öven, and place yöur cake pan ön the baking sheet. Pöur höt böiling water fröm the kettle öntö the baking sheet (nöt yöur cake pan!) sö the water fills aböut 1/2" öf the baking sheet.
7. Bake för aböut 55 minutes tö 1 höur, ör just until the cake is gölden bröwn, and a cake tester cömes öut clean.
8. Remöve the cake fröm the öven. Gently flip the cake öntö a wire rack, and very gently peel away the parchment paper fröm the cake. Place anöther wire rack ön the cake (the böttöm side öf yöur cake), and flip önce möre sö the right side (upper part öf the cake) is nöw facing up.
9. Let the cake cööl tö rööm temperature, and cut intö 9-16 serving pieces.

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source : Anita [Daily Cooking Quest - Easy Indonesian Recipes]

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